We actually know very little. Most of the knowledge about ourselves and the world around us only applies within the cultural and economic frameworks from which we have learned that this is reality. But the industrial reality in which we live has existed for at most about three hundred years. Even the last five years of that period are totally incomparable to the years before. Regarding what we know about ourselves and the world around us, you can wonder how much of it is actually true. We are physically and mentally sicker than ever. There have never been so many chronically ill people in human history. Not only in absolute numbers, but also in relative numbers. We have also never lived so disconnected from ourselves. We have never lived so socially isolated in an environment where we all live next to each other. Our living environment has never been so polluted, and the speed at which the environment has been contaminated in recent years is unprecedented. If we truly understood reality, would we have ever become so sick? Would we then have lived next to each other in such large numbers instead of with each other? Would we then have polluted our natural environment so much?
To get to know reality and to learn to understand it, we need space from day one of our lives. Space to discover who we are, without someone else filling this in for us. Space to discover how we relate socially to others, without being rejected. Space to learn how we can live connected with ourselves, each other, and our natural environment. Space begins with acknowledging that humans as a species have certain natural needs that must be respected in order to grow up healthily. A child needs his roots, not just for a few weeks, not until he goes to school, not only outside school hours, but for as long as he is necessary to be well grounded in himself, in his social environment, and in his natural living environment. Following his own path (Tao), in balance (Yin & Yang) and without force (Wu wei). The digital world that now lies before us offers children the opportunity to fully develop from their roots and to build the parent-child relationship that they need to grow into a balanced human being.
Trias Vita is a centre for lifelong development that supports children and young people to develop in connection with themselves, others, and the natural environment from an ecosystemic Taoist life perspective: finding your path (Tao) in balance (Yin & Yang) and without force (Wu wei).
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Vicki Van Lommel, founder Trias Vita